Testing for hardy-weinberg proportions: Have we lost the plot?

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-19

  Waples, Robin S ^a   Allendorf, Fred ^b  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Genotypic ratios; Hardy Weinberg equilibrium; Heterozygotes; Linkage disequilibrium; Multiple testing; Statistical tests

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HARDY WEINBERG PROPORTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; AGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84929576776     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esu062     Document Type: Review

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